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Poulenc1 year ago

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Those who rant against socialism will, I suspect, not hesitate to bring their social security checks to the bank. And let's not forget their embrace of Medicare.

Of course, there are many brands of socialism, some more successful than others. One doesn't have to go for whole-hog collectivism.

A national health care plan would be just the thing--and, it appears, will be.

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    Natureboy1 year ago
    
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    I've worked on both sides of the "health" industry and both sides are corrupt. Health insurers routinely make decisions which stuff their pockets but which are death sentences to the insured. Meanwhile, the health industry has no shame about selling for $50 that which costs them fifty cents to produce. And no shame about pimping the most lucrative treatment instead of the most efficacious.
    
    Nationalized health insurance will work if implemented in conjunction with an aggressive anti-fraud program and effective cost containment measures. Such is the nature of our government that such may not be possible, big pharma, the AHA and AMA would squeal like stuck pigs.
    
    But to carry the metaphor further, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. If the health industry does not restrain their greed, they WILL find themselves with national health insurance at the minimum, and may just find they are all government employees one day.
    
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      gamahuche1 year ago
      
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      "pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered"
      Now THAT's a gutsy full-blown metaphor that I can relate to!
      
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        Mdiar1 year ago
        
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        It is very apt. Kudos to Natureboy.
        
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        Natureboy1 year ago
        
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        Who you callin' culero, ese?
        
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      hyperbola1 year ago
      
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      There are about as many versions of "national health systems" as there are advanced industrial countries. Contrary to what most Americans are told (and seem to believe), in almost all of these systems the doctors are NOT government employees and you may go to any doctor you choose. Most are "single payer" systems in which the national health scheme defines what price it will pay for a particular medical service. In almost all of these countries it is also possible to buy additional private health care if you wish - in many cases this "private" care is not necessarily better than the national scheme (they may not have full hospital capabilities), but may get you a slightly more salubrious hospital room or pay for something the national scheme does not (e.g. in vitro fertilization in some countries). Most of them also impose a degree of co-payment (e.g. 10% of costs up to $1000 per year, unless you are so poor as to have an exception) to "discourage" overuse of the system.
      
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        StevieGee1 year ago
        
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        So what's wrong with that? Millions of people have nothing. That's better.
        
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    StevieGee1 year ago
    
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    Barack Obama has spoken up on the issue of health care. You just seem to have not listened.
    
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